receiver advice!

[TENSE]

ok people i want to run 2.0 system using a pair of klipsch RF-82's.
I am using a 60 gb playstation 3 as my blu-ray player.
Now i originally wanted to purchase the pioneer elite 94,
but could not due to my budget. Now the reason why i
had a change in mind about what receiver is because i dont really need that internal decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master audio since im using a
ps3. Now with you guys help i wanted to know what receiver would you guys recommend for my 2.0 system? my budget would be from $400-$500 dollars for a receiver! but the only thing i ask is that it should have at least 130wx7, so it
can be able to run my rf-82's with out a problem in the world! thank you very much. i will upgrade soon to a 5.1 sustem, but for the mean while,as a full time college student, i will stick to a 2.0. if i dont like the results then i guess i will just wait and save up for a good reciver then! well give me your advice people thanx!

[obiwopkenobi62]

I got the Onkyo 605 and love it. Got it through jr.com awhile back for like 299.00. Lots of folks on here love the Onkyo's and now that I have one I can see why.

[crackinhedz]

Pioneer VSX-1018

[TENSE]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

Pioneer VSX-1018

i dont think it can handle my rf-82's! lol j/k!

[4TA23]

Originally Posted by TENSE

ok people i want to run 2.0 system using a pair of klipsch RF-82's.
I am using a 60 gb playstation 3 as my blu-ray player.
Now i originally wanted to purchase the pioneer elite 94,
but could not due to my budget. Now the reason why i
had a change in mind about what receiver is because i dont really need that internal decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master audio since im using a
ps3. Now with you guys help i wanted to know what receiver would you guys recommend for my 2.0 system? my budget would be from $400-$500 dollars for a receiver! but the only thing i ask is that it should have at least 130wx7, so it
can be able to run my rf-82's with out a problem in the world! thank you very much. i will upgrade soon to a 5.1 sustem, but for the mean while,as a full time college student, i will stick to a 2.0. if i dont like the results then i guess i will just wait and save up for a good reciver then! well give me your advice people thanx!

I highly recomend an Onkyo of sorts, you can probably pick up an Onkyo 605 for a pretty good price or even a 705 in that budget range. I have used Onkyo for years and they are just awesome. I doubt you will get a reciever to do 130 w per channel in that price range, you would need to jump to an 805 and good luck finding one of those, I think everyone is out and you would have to go to an 806 which is the new model in this series and pay $900 for it. You can not beat an Onkyo, it blows the doors off of everyting and is very easy to use.

[zweet77]

Actually the pioneer is 130 watts per channel.Hey crackin do you know if it can matrix pcm5.1 to 7.1?

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by zweet77

Hey crackin do you know if it can matrix pcm5.1 to 7.1?

no clue. Maybe someone who owns one can say for sure.